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Hotels with Private Pools: Rooms and Villas Selected

A selection of hotels whose own websites state a private pool for a named room type, from Santorini and Crete to Bali, the Maldives and Mallorca. Read how private pools differ before you choose.

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Private pool, plunge pool, shared pool

A “private pool” on a hotel website can mean three different things: a full-size pool behind a villa wall, a small plunge pool on a terrace, or a pool that only one suite uses but that other terraces can see. Read the room description rather than the headline, and look for the size, whether the pool is heated, and whether the season matters.

Whether a pool is heated, and in which months, decides how much you will use it, so ask whether heating is offered and whether it costs extra. Check the house rules for children and pool safety as well, because at least one hotel below states that private pools are not supervised.

This selection lists properties whose own websites state a private pool for a named room type. Room types and amenities change, so confirm the exact room when you book. We have not stayed at any of them and give no ratings or prices.

Canaves Oia Suites, Oia, Santorini

The hotel's Pool Suite page describes a charming luxury suite in Oia and states: “The private veranda features a panoramic infinity-edge pool and open-air dining area with mind-blowing views.”

Room type: Pool Suite.

Sources: Pool Suite, Canaves Oia Suites

Andronis Luxury Suites, Oia, Santorini

Andronis lists an Exceptional Suite with Private Pool. Its page says: “Recently renovated, it features a private pool, allowing guests to indulge in ultimate relaxation.”

Room type: Exceptional Suite with Private Pool.

Sources: Exceptional Suite with Private Pool

Astarte Suites, Akrotiri, Santorini

Astarte Suites gives its address as Kaldera-Akrotiri on Santorini and names the Astarte Suite with private Infinity Pool. The suite page lists “Private Infinity Pool (chromatotherapy)” and describes the hotel as boutique and intimate.

Room type: Astarte Suite with private Infinity Pool.

Sources: Astarte Suite with private Infinity Pool

Daios Cove, Vathi near Agios Nikolaos, Crete

Daios Cove Luxury Resort & Villas lists a Waterfront One Bedroom Villa with Private Pool. The page says guests can “enjoy the private heated sea water swimming pool, located on the spacious terrace” and lists a private terrace with heated sea water swimming pool and sundeck.

Room type: Waterfront One Bedroom Villa with Private Pool.

Sources: Waterfront One Bedroom Villa with Private Pool

Acro Suites, Agia Pelagia, Crete

On its website Acro Suites describes the Acroterra Villa as “featuring an amazing private infinity glass pool with 180° views of the Aegean Sea”. It also states that The Summer House has “sea views, a garden, and a private pool”.

Room types: Acroterra Villa, The Summer House and The Grand Summer House. The page we read does not describe a pool in the suite pages themselves, so confirm what a given suite includes.

Sources: Acro Suites, a wellbeing resort

Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Ubud, Bali

The resort's rooms page lists Bali hotel rooms with “large, private pools” and forest, rice terrace or riverfront views, including the One-Bedroom Rice Field Pool Villa.

Room type: One-Bedroom Rice Field Pool Villa.

Sources: Rooms and villas at Mandapa

Hanging Gardens of Bali, Payangan near Ubud

The resort calls itself an “Exclusive Bali Jungle Resort with Private Pools”. For the Two-Bedroom Pool Villa it mentions “a private infinity pool”, and for the Riverside Pool Villa it says: “Bask in your private pool”.

Room types: Two-Bedroom Pool Villa and Riverside Pool Villa. The page does not state a private pool for every villa type.

Sources: Suites and villas

COMO Cocoa Island, Maldives

COMO states about its One-Bedroom Water Villa with Pool: “each of these villas has its own private pool and sundeck”. The page we read names the Maldives but no atoll, so check the resort for the transfer.

Room type: One-Bedroom Water Villa with Pool.

Sources: Pool villas at COMO Cocoa Island

Castell Son Claret, Capdellà, Mallorca

The hotel's Pool Suite page lists a “10m2 private swimming pool (not heated)”. That detail matters outside high summer.

Room type: Pool Suite.

Sources: Pool Suite

Zafiro Palace Andratx, Andratx, Mallorca

The Zafiro Club Junior Suite Private Pool is on the ground floor “with direct access to your private pool and terrace with Bali bed”. The hotel adds: “Please note that private pools are not attended by lifeguards. Safety is the responsibility of the guests.”

Room type: Zafiro Club Junior Suite Private Pool.

Sources: Zafiro Club Junior Suite Private Pool

Private pool plus sauna or whirlpool

Few couples search for this exact combination, and none of the room pages we read for this selection states a private sauna or whirlpool next to the pool. Properties that offer both are usually spa resorts, so check the room description for the word sauna or whirlpool rather than assuming the spa is private.

If a hot tub matters more than a pool, our selection of cabins with a private hot tub states what each operator's own site says about tubs and saunas.

Checklist before you book

Use these points to compare rooms across the properties above and others.

  • Is the pool private to one room, or only visible to others?
  • Pool size and depth, and whether it is heated in your travel month.
  • Whether heating costs extra or must be requested.
  • Rules on children, supervision and quiet hours.
  • Exact room type name on the booking page, since names and amenities change.
  • Whether the room page lists any sauna or whirlpool as well.

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